High number of issue links

Question

We have an issue with a high number of issue links (~9K).  The issue count isn't incrementing very rapidly anymore (approx 1 / week) but I'm worried that we'll hit some kind of internal limit that may cause performance degradation or worse.

Is there a limit to how many issue links a JIRA issue can have ?

Carlos Eduarte · Answer

Hi @DD Perea , as I had stated my initial query, we were more concerned with any kind of possible server instability due to the high number of issue links.  While we didn't experience any, loading of the particular issue into the browser did take longer than other issues, but I don't remember that as being a big enough problem.  It has been two years since I worked on that project so I can't ascertain as to if the latency issues have gotten worse for that particular issue, so that's all I can remember.

DD Perea · Answer

Hi @[deleted]- I have a request from a customer for something similar.  Are you experiencing JIRA latency because of that high number of issue links?

I'd appreciate if you can share your experience on this.

Thank you.

Doods

unknown · Answer

I am concerned about a server stability impact specifically. I've hunted the boards but can't find anything similar.  I'm new to JIRA and I'm wondring if I should just file a ticket at this point.  Any suggestions ?